Column construction.



No. 724,495. PATENTED APR. 7. 1903.

AIG, PERKINS.

. COLUMN CONSTRUCTION.

APPLIOATION FILED NOV. 15, 1902.

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ALEXANDER G. PERKINS, OF NEWBURYPORT, MASSACHUSETTS.

COLUMN CONSTRUCTION.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 724,495, dated April 7,1903. Application filed November 15 1902. Serial No. 131,494. (110model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER G. PER.- KINS, of Newburyport, in thecounty of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Colum'n Construction, of which the followingis a specification.

Figure l is a cross-sectional view of my column, showing my method ofconstruction. Fig. 2 is a view of one of the sections of my columns,showing the tongue and groove. Fig. 3 is asectional view of one of thehalves of my column, showing my method of bolting the two halvestogether.

The object of my invention is to providea simple and compact method ofconstruction of columns for houses or other purposes and also to allowthe column to be built in the rough and of any length desirable andafterward to be turned to any shape desired. To accomplish this result,Iproceed in the following manner: Each section, as shown in Fig. 2, iscut into shape, as shown, andis tongued on one side and grooved on theother. The sections are then fitted together and then glued, after whichthey are nailed each to the other, the nailing being shown in Fig. 1 bythe dotted lines. The column is constructed in halves in this manner andthe halves afterward being bolted together to makethe complete column.

The manner of bolting is shown in Fig. 3. I do not limit myself, how

ever, to bolting exactly as shown, as the bolt may run diagonally or inany way deemed best for the construction in hand.

' I prefer to use wood in the construction of my column, but of coursedo not limit my self to that material, as any suitable substance may beutilized.

- After the column is constructed as above described and the halvesbolted together it can be turned to any shape desired or fluted in anymanner as occasion may require.

What I claim as new, and desire to protect by Letters Patent, is='- 1.As a new article of manufacture, a column made in halves, each'halfcomposed of tongue-andgrooved sections, each section nailed laterally tothe other and the halves bolted together to make the complete column asshown and described.

2. A column, made in halves, and bolted, each half being composed ofsections having tongues and grooves, and'being fastened together bymeans of glue, and nails driven laterally, as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have afiixed my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

- ALEXANDER G. PERKINS.

\Vitnesses:

FRANK T. NoYEs, LEROY L. EMERY.

